Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2021, 23:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqczswndsp.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <AS8PR02MB73029EDC4458F233543106D99C379@AS8PR02MB7302.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>

"Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry@atos.net> writes:

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> Or:
>
>     `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by
>     a reviewer when they are completely satisfied with
>     the patch.  It is offered only after reviews by
>     reviewers who are known to be experts in the affected area by
>     the community members.
>
> Sentence one uses singular they to refer to one of a pool of reviewers.  
> In the second all items are plural.

Yeah, it reads well, I'd think.

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